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| Dust
Devils at the 628th. This is the company prior to 1969. The
building the dust devil is about to enclose is the day room
where we relaxed, played cards, watched movies, etc during the
day. In the
background you can see the top of the EM Club tent where we
relaxed at night. |
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| This
is the enemy tank that made the rounds of the companies located in
the Pleiku area. It only stayed long enough for one to take a
photo and then it was on to the next area. |
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| Old
Papasan, our shit burner. I never knew his real name. He stood
about 4'5" and had a hump back. We could smell him at 20
feet. If it wasn't the smell from the shit he burned, it was the
cigarettes he smoked. |
One
of our guard towers prior to 1969. The battalion supplied the
M60 with two boxes of ammo, the M79 with a box of rounds and we
supplied the M16 with a full load of clips. About eight of them |
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| Our
shower and mamasan wash house. I think the trailers in the
background was for the Red Cross girls that lived on station. At
least they called themselves Red Cross girls, I think the
officers called them something else. |
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| The
mortar bunker behind our hooches. Many a night I'd be awaken to
the sound of mortar rounds being fired. That's one of the sounds
I will never forget. |
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| Everyday
was wash day at the 628th. |
I
don't remember taking this picture, but I must have, since I
have the negative. This is taken from the top of Artillery Hill
of our company area in 1969. |
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| This
is one of the new guard towers built in 1969. No M60. No M79.
Just our M16 with no more than two clips of ammo. Yeah right. In
the distance in the Ammo Dump where we also stood guard duty. |
The
annual clearing of the parameter. This was done after a sapper
attack. We killed three VC trying to get in. One of them was
almost through the concertina when he was shot. |
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The
officers of the 628th.
The only name I remember is Lt. Lilly, he's the one facing
away. |
